The application of ecological stoichiometry to plant–microbial–soil organic matter transformations

Seasonal patterns of litterfall in forest ecosystem worldwide

(2014) Haicheng Zhang et al.   Ecological Complexity

Responses of a tundra system to warming using SCAMPS: a stoichiometrically coupled, acclimating microbe–plant–soil model

(2014) Seeta A. Sistla et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Microbial community dynamics alleviate stoichiometric constraints during litter decay

(2014) Christina Kaiser et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Divergence in plant and microbial allocation strategies explains continental patterns in microbial allocation and biogeochemical fluxes

(2014) Colin Averill   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Global patterns of soil microbial nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry in forest ecosystems

(2014) Pin Li et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Global relationship of wood and leaf litter decomposability: the role of functional traits within and across plant organs

(2014) Katherina A. Pietsch et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Climate Extreme Effects on the Chemical Composition of Temperate Grassland Species under Ambient and Elevated CO2: A Comparison of Fructan and Non-Fructan Accumulators

(2014) Hamada AbdElgawad et al.   PLoS One

Nitrogen and phosphorus resorption in a neotropical rain forest of a nutrient-rich soil

(2014) José Luis Martínez-Sánchez   REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA TROPICAL

Elemental stoichiometry of Fungi and Bacteria strains from grassland leaf litter

(2014) Céline Mouginot et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Adjustment of microbial nitrogen use efficiency to carbon:nitrogen imbalances regulates soil nitrogen cycling

(2014) Maria Mooshammer et al.   Nature Communications

Stoichiometric imbalances between terrestrial decomposer communities and their resources: mechanisms and implications of microbial adaptations to their resources

(2014) Maria Mooshammer et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Nutrient-specific solubility patterns of leaf litter across 41 lowland tropical woody species

(2013) Laura A. Schreeg et al.   ECOLOGY

Carbon use efficiency of microbial communities: stoichiometry, methodology and modelling

(2013) Robert L. Sinsabaugh et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Leaf and fine root carbon stocks and turnover are coupled across Arctic ecosystems

(2013) Victoria L. Sloan et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Evidence of current impact of climate change on life: a walk from genes to the biosphere

(2013) Josep Peñuelas et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Linking litter decomposition of above- and below-ground organs to plant-soil feedbacks worldwide

(2013) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Global biogeography of autotroph chemistry: is insolation a driving force?

(2013) Elizabeth T. Borer et al.   OIKOS

Nitrous oxide emissions from soils: how well do we understand the processes and their controls?

(2013) K. Butterbach-Bahl et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Differential Nutrient Limitation of Soil Microbial Biomass and Metabolic Quotients (qCO2): Is There a Biological Stoichiometry of Soil Microbes?

(2013) Wyatt H. Hartman et al.   PLoS One

Relationship between the Relative Limitation and Resorption Efficiency of Nitrogen vs Phosphorus in Woody Plants

(2013) Wenxuan Han et al.   PLoS One

Active microorganisms in soil: Critical review of estimation criteria and approaches

(2013) Evgenia Blagodatskaya et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Human-induced nitrogen–phosphorus imbalances alter natural and managed ecosystems across the globe

(2013) Josep Peñuelas et al.   Nature Communications

Ecoenzymatic Stoichiometry and Ecological Theory

(2012) Robert L. Sinsabaugh et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Global resorption efficiencies and concentrations of carbon and nutrients in leaves of terrestrial plants

(2012) Leonardus Vergutz et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

A trait-based approach for modelling microbial litter decomposition

(2012) S. D. Allison   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Soil respiration under climate change: prolonged summer drought offsets soil warming effects

(2012) Andreas Schindlbacher et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Tree growth changes with climate and forest type are associated with relative allocation of nutrients, especially phosphorus, to leaves and wood

(2012) Jordi Sardans et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

A global analysis of soil microbial biomass carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in terrestrial ecosystems

(2012) Xiaofeng Xu et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Who is who in litter decomposition? Metaproteomics reveals major microbial players and their biogeochemical functions

(2012) Thomas Schneider et al.   ISME Journal

Effects of Drought and Warming on Biomass, Nutrient Allocation, and Oxidative Stress in Abies fabri in Eastern Tibetan Plateau

(2012) Yan Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION

Stoichiometric flexibility as a regulator of carbon and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems under change

(2012) Seeta A. Sistla et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Climate change alters stoichiometry of phosphorus and nitrogen in a semiarid grassland

(2012) Feike A. Dijkstra et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Introduction to aVirtual Special Issueon ecological stoichiometry and global change

(2012) Amy T. Austin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Environmental and stoichiometric controls on microbial carbon-use efficiency in soils

(2012) Stefano Manzoni et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Stoichiometric patterns in foliar nutrient resorption across multiple scales

(2012) Sasha C. Reed et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Litter stoichiometric traits of plant species of high-latitude ecosystems show high responsiveness to global change without causing strong variation in litter decomposition

(2012) R. Aerts et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Modelling terrestrial nitrous oxide emissions and implications for climate feedback

(2012) Xu-Ri et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The Role of Plants in the Effects of Global Change on Nutrient Availability and Stoichiometry in the Plant-Soil System

(2012) J. Sardans et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Strong relationship between elemental stoichiometry and metabolome in plants

(2012) A. Rivas-Ubach et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Temporal dynamics of microbial communities on decomposing leaf litter of 10 plant species in relation to decomposition rate

(2012) Sarah R. Bray et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

A theoretical model of C- and N-acquiring exoenzyme activities, which balances microbial demands during decomposition

(2012) Daryl L. Moorhead et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Evidence of a strong coupling between root exudation, C and N availability, and stimulated SOM decomposition caused by rhizosphere priming effects

(2012) Per Bengtson et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Carbon Content of Tree Tissues: A Synthesis

(2012) Sean C. Thomas et al.   Forests

The elemental stoichiometry of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and its relationships with organismic lifestyle and ecosystem structure and function: a review and perspectives

(2011) Jordi Sardans et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

SOM genesis: microbial biomass as a significant source

(2011) Anja Miltner et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Functional diversity of terrestrial microbial decomposers and their substrates

(2011) Stephan Hättenschwiler et al.   COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES

Interactions among lignin, cellulose, and nitrogen drive litter chemistry–decay relationships

(2011) Jennifer M. Talbot et al.   ECOLOGY

Effects of climate change on leaf litter decomposition across post-fire plant regenerative groups

(2011) S. Saura-Mas et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Fine root production and turnover in forest ecosystems in relation to stand and environmental characteristics

(2011) Leena Finér et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

A plant economics spectrum of litter decomposability

(2011) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The human-induced imbalance between C, N and P in Earth's life system

(2011) Josep Peñuelas et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Can differences in microbial abundances help explain enhanced N2O emissions in a permanent grassland under elevated atmospheric CO2?

(2011) Kathleen Regan et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

TRY - a global database of plant traits

(2011) J. KATTGE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plasticity in leaf and stem nutrient resorption proficiency potentially reinforces plant-soil feedbacks and microscale heterogeneity in a semi-arid grassland

(2011) Xiao-Tao Lü et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Nitrogen inputs accelerate phosphorus cycling rates across a wide variety of terrestrial ecosystems

(2011) Alison R. Marklein et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Stoichiometric homeostasis of vascular plants in the Inner Mongolia grassland

(2011) Qiang Yu et al.   OECOLOGIA

The C:N:P stoichiometry of organisms and ecosystems in a changing world: A review and perspectives

(2011) J. Sardans et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Warming Can Boost Denitrification Disproportionately Due to Altered Oxygen Dynamics

(2011) Annelies J. Veraart et al.   PLoS One

Long-Term Change in the Nitrogen Cycle of Tropical Forests

(2011) P. Hietz et al.   SCIENCE

Experimental warming effects on the microbial community of a temperate mountain forest soil

(2011) A. Schindlbacher et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Global-scale latitudinal patterns of plant fine-root nitrogen and phosphorus

(2011) Z.Y. Yuan et al.   Nature Communications

Global pattern of leaf litter nitrogen and phosphorus in woody plants

(2010) Hongzhang Kang et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

Ecoenzymatic stoichiometry of recalcitrant organic matter decomposition: the growth rate hypothesis in reverse

(2010) Robert L. Sinsabaugh et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Fine Root Biomass, Production, Turnover Rates, and Nutrient Contents in Boreal Forest Ecosystems in Relation to Species, Climate, Fertility, and Stand Age: Literature Review and Meta-Analyses

(2010) Z. Y. Yuan et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN PLANT SCIENCES

Terrestrial phosphorus limitation: mechanisms, implications, and nitrogen–phosphorus interactions

(2010) Peter M. Vitousek et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Ecological stoichiometry explains larger-scale facilitation processes by shrubs on species coexistence among understory plants

(2010) Takehiro Sasaki et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Modelling above- and below-ground mass loss and N dynamics in wooden dowels (LIDET) placed across North and Central America biomes at the decadal time scale

(2010) Amanda C. Smith et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Stoichiometric controls on carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus dynamics in decomposing litter

(2010) Stefano Manzoni et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

The trait contribution to wood decomposition rates of 15 Neotropical tree species

(2010) Koert G. van Geffen et al.   ECOLOGY

Diversity of shrub tree layer, leaf litter decomposition and N release in a Brazilian Cerrado under N, P and N plus P additions

(2010) Tamiel Khan Baiocchi Jacobson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Factors causing variation in fine root biomass in forest ecosystems

(2010) Leena Finér et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Carbon quality rather than stoichiometry controls litter decomposition in a tropical rain forest

(2010) Stephan Hättenschwiler et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Deconvolution analysis to quantify autotrophic and heterotrophic respiration and their temperature sensitivities

(2010) Yiqi Luo et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Substantial nutrient resorption from leaves, stems and roots in a subarctic flora: what is the link with other resource economics traits?

(2010) Grégoire T. Freschet et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Quantification of effects of season and nitrogen supply on tree below-ground carbon transfer to ectomycorrhizal fungi and other soil organisms in a boreal pine forest

(2010) Mona N. Högberg et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Is tree root respiration more sensitive than heterotrophic respiration to changes in soil temperature?

(2010) Peter Högberg   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Integrating elements and energy through the metabolic dependencies of gross growth efficiency and the threshold elemental ratio

(2010) Hideyuki Doi et al.   OIKOS

Considering fungal:bacterial dominance in soils – Methods, controls, and ecosystem implications

(2010) Michael S. Strickland et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Pattern and variation of C:N:P ratios in China’s soils: a synthesis of observational data

(2009) Hanqin Tian et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Effects of grassland species on decomposition of litter and soil microbial communities

(2009) M. Zabed Hossain et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Towards an integration of ecological stoichiometry and the metabolic theory of ecology to better understand nutrient cycling

(2009) Andrew P. Allen et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Net Primary Production and Carbon Stocks for Subarctic Mesic–Dry Tundras with Contrasting Microtopography, Altitude, and Dominant Species

(2009) Matteo Campioli et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Seasonal climate manipulations result in species-specific changes in leaf nutrient levels and isotopic composition in a sub-arctic bog

(2009) Rien Aerts et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Global trends in senesced-leaf nitrogen and phosphorus

(2009) Zhiyou Yuan et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Decomposition in tropical forests: a pan-tropical study of the effects of litter type, litter placement and mesofaunal exclusion across a precipitation gradient

(2009) Jennifer S. Powers et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Ecoenzymatic stoichiometry of microbial organic nutrient acquisition in soil and sediment

(2009) Robert L. Sinsabaugh et al.   NATURE

Resource stoichiometry elucidates the structure and function of arbuscular mycorrhizas across scales

(2009) Nancy Collins Johnson   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization: Theory and models across scales

(2009) Stefano Manzoni et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

NECROMASS PRODUCTION: STUDIES IN UNDISTURBED AND LOGGED AMAZON FORESTS

(2008) Michael Palace et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide

(2008) William K. Cornwell et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Stoichiometry of soil enzyme activity at global scale

(2008) Robert L. Sinsabaugh et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Global meta-analysis of wood decomposition rates: a role for trait variation among tree species?

(2008) James T. Weedon et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Shifts in leaf N:P ratio during resorption reflect soil P in temperate rainforest

(2008) Sarah J. Richardson et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

N : P ratios influence litter decomposition and colonization by fungi and bacteria in microcosms

(2008) Sabine Güsewell et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Litter quality is in the eye of the beholder: initial decomposition rates as a function of inoculum characteristics

(2008) Michael S. Strickland et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

A global study of relationships between leaf traits, climate and soil measures of nutrient fertility

(2008) Jenny C. Ordoñez et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Rates of litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems: global patterns and controlling factors

(2008) Deqiang Zhang et al.   Journal of Plant Ecology

High variation in foliage and leaf litter chemistry among 45 tree species of a neotropical rainforest community

(2008) Stephan Hättenschwiler et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Soil moisture surpasses elevated CO2 and temperature as a control on soil carbon dynamics in a multi-factor climate change experiment

(2008) Charles T. Garten et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Carbon and nitrogen cycles in European ecosystems respond differently to global warming☆

(2008) C BEIER et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT